2007

December 2007

1. Information Digest
   • 1.1 Security
     1.2 Military
     1.3 Diplomacy and International Relations
     1.4 Shipping, Resources, Environment and Miscellaneous
2. Intelligence Assessment
   • China's refusal of USS carrier's visit to Hong Kong and its future developments

November 2007

1. Information Digest
   • 1.1 Security
     1.2 Military
     1.3 Diplomacy and International Relations
     1.4 Shipping, Resources, Environment and Miscellaneous
2. Intelligence Assessment
   • New U.S. "Maritime Strategy" and its Implications

October 2007

1. Information Digest
   • 1.1 Security
     1.2 Military
     1.3 Diplomacy and International Relations
     Major Events in October 2007
     Topic: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: 2nd Public Hearing on UNCLOS
     Overseas Commentary: Rivalry of the countries concerned over the Arctic Circle - Is it a new Cold War?
     1.4 Shipping, Resources, Environment and Miscellaneous
2. Intelligence Assessment
   • Maritime Piracy and Armed Robbery during three quarters in 2007:From IMB Report

September 2007

• Major Events in September 2007

1. Information Digest
• 1.1 Security
  1.2 Military
  1.3 Diplomacy and International Relations
  Topic: U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds public hearing on ratification of UNCLOS
  1.4 Shipping, Resources, Environment and Miscellaneous
2. Intelligence Assessment
   • Rivalry for sovereignty among countries concerned over the Arctic Circle

August 2007

• Major Events in August 2007

1. Information Digest
• 1.1 Security
  1.2 Military
  1.3 Diplomacy and International Relations
  1.4 Shipping, Resources, Environment and Miscellaneous
2. Intelligence Assessment
   • Japan-China Defense Exchanges and Future Prospects: Viewed from Visit of Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan to Japan

July 2007

• Retrospect: the First Half of 2007

1. Security
2. Military
3. Diplomacy and International Relations
4. Shipping, Resources, Environment and Miscellaneous
   Major Events in July 2007
   1. Information Digest
      • 1.1 Security
        1.2 Military
        Commentary:
      1. Background of the USS Nimitz' Port-call to India
      2. Background of expansion of ROK's Naval Force
      • 1.3 Diplomacy and International Relations
        1.4 Shipping, Resources, Environment and Miscellaneous
   2. Intelligence Assessment
      • Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships during the first half of 2007:
        ～Characteristics viewed in the IMB and ReCAAP Reports～

June 2007

• Major Events in June 2007

1. Information Digest
   • 1.1 Security
     1.2 Military
     1.3 Diplomacy and International Relations
     1.4 Shipping, Resources, Environment and Miscellaneous
     Topic: Malaysian cross-country pipeline construction project - Possible Friction
2. Intelligence Assessment
   The 6th Tri-Annual International Maritime Bureau Meeting on Piracy and Maritime Seccurity

May 2007

• Major Events in May 2007

1. Information Digest
• 1.1 Security
  1.2 Military
  1.3 Diplomacy and International Relations
  1.4 Shipping, Resources, Environment and Miscellaneous
2. Intelligence Assessment
   • 2.1 U.S. Defense Department Report on Chinese Military Power 2007
     2.2 Transformation of Japan and U.S. Alliance: Outline of the Security Consultative Committee and its Evaluation

April 2007

• Major Events in April 2007
  1. Information Digest
     • 1.1 Security
       1.2 Military
       1.3 Diplomacy and International Relations
       1.4 Shipping, Resources, Environment and Miscellaneous
       Topic: The Mekong River Dried up - River Fishery in Danger
  2. Intelligence Assessment
     • 2.1 Figures of Piracy and Armed Robbery-Incidents from January 1 to March 31, 2007 in the First Quarterly Report
       2.2 The 14th Summit Meeting of the SAARC
       Document: Outline of a Basic Ocean Law

March 2007

• Major Events in March 2007

1. Information Digest
   • 1.1 Security
     1.2 Military
     1.3 Diplomacy and International Relations
     1.4 Shipping, Resources, Environment and Miscellaneous
2. Intelligence Assessment15
   • What is about Japan-Australia Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation: Significance, Intention, and Asian Reactions
3. Feature
   • Symposium on the Enhancement of Safety of Navigation and the Environmental Protection of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore
     Document
     Address Presented at the Symposium on the Enhancement of Safety of Navigation and the Environmental Protection of the Malacca and Singapore Straits by Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, Yohei Sasakawa

February 2007

• Major Events in February 2007

1. Information Digest
   • 1.1 Security
     1.2 Military
     1.3 Diplomacy and International Relations
     1.4 Shipping, Resources, Environment and Miscellaneous
2. 2.Intelligence Assessment
   • The "Armitage Report II "

January 2007

• Retrospect:the Second Half of 2006

1. Security
2. Military
3. Diplomacy and International Relations
4. Shipping, Resources, Environment and Miscellaneous

• Major Events in January 2007

1. Information Digest
• 1.1 Security
  1.2 Miritary
  1.3 Diplomacy and International Relations
  Commentary:Russian President Putin's Visit to India
  1.4 Shipping, Resources, Environment and Miscellaneous
2. Intelligence Assessment
   • Piracy and Armed Robbery-Incidents in 2006(From Annual Report of IMB)